From a024f432dd1cd406fa80334f63e91939536d3f79 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dylan Baker <dylan@pnwbakers.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2021 15:36:16 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] interpreter: add overload for source_strings_to_files

when only passing strings or Files we only get back Files. This is
useful for the install_* methods
---
 mesonbuild/interpreter/interpreter.py | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/mesonbuild/interpreter/interpreter.py b/mesonbuild/interpreter/interpreter.py
index be17c9a9c..75f55fd3e 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/interpreter/interpreter.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/interpreter/interpreter.py
@@ -2480,6 +2480,10 @@ Try setting b_lundef to false instead.'''.format(self.coredata.options[OptionKey
         if project_root / self.subproject_dir in norm.parents:
             raise InterpreterException(f'Sandbox violation: Tried to grab {inputtype} {norm.name} from a nested subproject.')
 
+
+    @T.overload
+    def source_strings_to_files(self, sources: T.List['mesonlib.FileOrString']) -> T.List['mesonlib.File']: ...
+
     def source_strings_to_files(self, sources: T.List['SourceInputs']) -> T.List['SourceOutputs']:
         """Lower inputs to a list of Targets and Files, replacing any strings.